Morning Tour

[Bugatti]

Team Bugatti will be at the start in the morning. The final line-up is not yet certain, but the following drivers are set:

#1 Elvis Forde
#2 Soumaîla Sabo
#3 Timothee Lengani
#4 Innocent Bologo
#5 Demetrius Pinder
#6 Ramon Miller
#7 Sita Sibiri

two places are still open. Let's wait and see who else is allowed to join the tour.

[Tukhtahuaev]

Starting here even with some time concerns. Focus fully on GC

Lineup probably similar to this:

#1 Murodbek Makhamadzhonov
#2 Olayuk Arlooktoo
#3 Abdukodir Kholdorkhonov
#4 Zemenfes Mengisteab
#5 Ondrej Nebyla
#6 Oleksandr Piskun
#7 Crescenzo Poggiolini
#8 Zafarmurod Rakhmonaliev
#9 Yerkin Toktybay

Other potential options are Hubert Sapielak as a sprinter and Elkhan Baltabekov as another classic rider

[team fl]

Murodbek is afraid he can't win twice against the Fürst!

[r FSCL]

Here we go!

Special Focus on the Sprint and Mountain Jersey

#1 Eve Vanendres
#2 Felix Ospelt
#3 Renee Waringo
#4 Pierre Haag
#5 Michele Mannes
#6 Philippe Lammers
#7 Bernard Hubsch
#8 Robert Schumann
#9 Viviane Mannes

[Romoc Riders]

Romoc Riders joined morning edition for the first time. Here is the starting lineup:
#1 Alexis Art - overall leader
#2 Anderson Appollo - TT specialist
#3 Carlo Chambaere - support rider
#4 Frankie DeFlamm - support rider
#5 Gino Degreef - sprint support rider
#6 Yannick Hoebeke - classic leader and road captain
#7 Nino Navas - main flat power rider
#8 Rico Risco - support rider
#9 Thijs Toornstra - sprint leader

We are chasing stage wins and some fun during this Tour.

[r FSCL]

participating teams:
Tukhtahuaev - DIV1
Bugatti - DIV1
r FSCL - DIV1
SV Furpach - DIV2
zizou - DIV2
BeaconSV - DIV2
Romoc Riders - DIV2
Wolfpack Cycling Team - DIV3
Schnuggeritos - DIV3
Noricum - DIV5
Cien Cycling - DIV5
Linn Drum Cycling - DIV6


Maillot Jaune
*** Murodbek Makhamadzhonov (Tukhtahuaev)
** Elvis Forde (Bugatti)
* Darwin Nunez (BeaconSV)

Maillot Vert
*** Novak Jokic (BeaconSV)
** Eve Vanendres (r FSCL)
* Przemyslaw Kasztelaniec (Schnuggeritos)

Maillot à Pois
*** Murodbek Makhamadzhonov (Tukhtahuaev)
** another rider
* a surprise rider

Maillot Blanc
*** Carlos Noriega (SV Furpach)
** Alexandre Ferreira (Wolfpack Cycling Team)
* Nigel Ben (SV Furpach)

Team classement
*** Bugatti
** Tukhtahuaev
* a surprise team

[Romoc Riders]

participating teams:
Tukhtahuaev - DIV1
Bugatti - DIV1
r FSCL - DIV1
SV Furpach - DIV2
zizou - DIV2
BeaconSV - DIV2
Romoc Riders - DIV2
Wolfpack Cycling Team - DIV3
Schnuggeritos - DIV3
Noricum - DIV5
Cien Cycling - DIV5
Linn Drum Cycling - DIV6


Maillot Jaune
*** Murodbek Makhamadzhonov (Tukhtahuaev)
** Elvis Forde (Bugatti)
* Darwin Nunez (BeaconSV)

Maillot Vert
*** Novak Jokic (BeaconSV)
** Eve Vanendres (r FSCL)
* Przemyslaw Kasztelaniec (Schnuggeritos)

Maillot à Pois
*** Murodbek Makhamadzhonov (Tukhtahuaev)
** another rider
* a surprise rider

Maillot Blanc
*** Carlos Noriega (SV Furpach)
** Alexandre Ferreira (Wolfpack Cycling Team)
* Nigel Ben (SV Furpach)

Team classement
*** Bugatti
** Tukhtahuaev
* a surprise team

With FSCL's focus on sprint team, i would consider both Jokic and Vanendres as main favos here for Maillot Vert.
** for Kasztelaniec and * for my Toornstra (even though i missed one IS) or a hilly rider

[zizou]

Goh in Giro, now Anderson Appollo...
Always a guy STEALING the leader yersey!

Florencio could already have 30k points and enjoy retirement!

[Tukhtahuaev]

Two very good days in a row for Murodbek Makhamadzhonov have now put him into prime position to win the yellow jersey.
With his low regeneration I feared that he would lose time on at least one of the last two stages, but in the end he gained time on Elvis Forde in the ITT while still staying fit enough to also win on stage 6.
With Forde also not getting any bonus seconds, the gap is now up to 24s. Still far from comfortable, but a very good start

[r FSCL]

The first rest day of the Tour the France and a lot to report or time to make a new forecast.

Maillot Jaune
*** Murodbek Makhamadzhonov (Tukhtahuaev)
** Elvis Forde (Bugatti)
* Philip Seidler (Noricum)

After the three hilly (flat) mountain stages were clearly dominated by Tuk, there is currently only one clear favorite.
Other teams were passiv and no really challenge for Tuk here. Only Noricum just try.
Therefore he clearly deserves third place here.


Maillot Vert
*** Eve Vanendres (r FSCL)
** Murodbek Makhamadzhonov (Tukhtahuaev)
* John Grümph (Schnuggeritos)

Four stage wins for Vanendres and little challenge in the sprint, or rather, no attempts by the opposition to do anything.
Wearing green from day one and hopefully in Paris as well.
Vanendres' biggest challenger now is Muro. Climber versus sprinter!?


Maillot à Pois
*** Murodbek Makhamadzhonov (Tukhtahuaev)
** Florencio Sanchez (zizou)
* a surprise rider

Tuk again... seems like he wants to win everything.
Is Sanchez now chasing the mountains jersey? Crazy! Hope he gets 30,000 points!


Maillot Blanc
*** Carlos Noriega (SV Furpach)
** Nigel Ben (SV Furpach)
* Alexandre Ferreira (Wolfpack Cycling Team)

If Furpach doesn't do anything crazy, we can tick this box.


Team classement
*** Tukhtahuaev
** Bugatti
* a surprise team

We saw a very strong Tuk team. It seems that no team here can truly beat them.


stage wins by riders
4 - Eve Vanendres (r FSCL)
3 - Murodbek Makhamadzhonov (Tukhtahuaev)
1 - Darwin Nunez (BeaconSV)
1 - John Grümph (Schnuggeritos)
1 - Arturo Nicolalde (Linn Drum Cycling)

stage wins by teams
4 - r FSCL
3 - Tukhtahuaev
1 - BeaconSV
1 - Schnuggeritos
1 - Linn Drum Cycling

[Tukhtahuaev]

I am favourite for too many things at the same time. It's very tempting to aim for all of it and then miss out on the main goal because of that.

[r FSCL]

Second an last rest day new/old check. Things dont change to much. Question how many stages can Tuk win on the last six days!?
Is the win safe or will someone try at least something?

Maillot Jaune
*** Murodbek Makhamadzhonov (Tukhtahuaev)
** Elvis Forde (Bugatti)
* Philip Seidler (Noricum)

Things really clear here, Tuk winning 3 more stages with Muro? Bugatti safing p2 or will we have a big surprise ... looks not.
Noricum with a good tour so far as returner! Hope we have you longer here than last time.


Maillot Vert
*** Eve Vanendres (r FSCL)
** Murodbek Makhamadzhonov (Tukhtahuaev)
* John Grümph (Schnuggeritos)

Pole position for Eve, she will safe the green jersey over the Mont Ventoux stage. Important! Since stage 1 she wear the Maillot Vert.
It looks like a very hard fight against Muro. 50/50% who will take the green jersey in Paris.


Maillot à Pois
*** Florencio Sanchez (zizou)
** Murodbek Makhamadzhonov (Tukhtahuaev)
* a surprise rider

And again Muro ... boring ... but Sanchez will do it on his last days on the bike! Tuk will concentrate to much on the GC!
After that career ended for Sanchez?!

Maillot Blanc
*** Carlos Noriega (SV Furpach)
** Nigel Ben (SV Furpach)
* Alexandre Ferreira (Wolfpack Cycling Team)

Very quit saving p1 and p2 in youth jersey and good positioning in GC and team classment.
Little bit under the radar SV Furpach this tour. Only a stage win left. Will get his points and his money.

Team classement
*** Tukhtahuaev
** Bugatti
* SV Furpach

Nobody can challenge the Tuk squad we need more challengers and a little bit courage. It looks so easy for him.

stage wins by riders
5 - Murodbek Makhamadzhonov (Tukhtahuaev)
4 - Eve Vanendres (r FSCL)
1 - Darwin Nunez (BeaconSV)
1 - John Grümph (Schnuggeritos)
1 - Arturo Nicolalde (Linn Drum Cycling)
1 - Innocent Bologo (Bugatti)
1 - Timothee Lengani (Bugatti)
1 - Philip Seidler (Noricum)

stage wins by teams
5 - Tukhtahuaev
4 - r FSCL
2 - Bugatti
1 - BeaconSV
1 - Schnuggeritos
1 - Linn Drum Cycling
1 - Norcum

We waiting until the second week for the first Bugatti win, but then he take it twice!
Three more stage wins for Muro!? Or can somebody else take a mountain stage. One more sprint final for Eve would be great.
And two surprising stages.
Hope we have Six nice days left guys!!

[Tukhtahuaev]

I'm not expecting to win too much from now on. Other jerseys will be difficult, if r FSCL and zizou fully commit to them, while I don't want to take too many risks. Similar situation for the stages.

[zizou]

After that career ended for Sanchez?!

We will see how close we get to P5&6 in the alltime list, form is set for next month
Yersey here would help, 30k more or less already save.
Mountain yersey would also be nice to delete the 0 in the statline